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ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas – December 19
Santa’s checking to see if you’ve been naughty or nice! Dennis the Menace may make the naughty list and he’s joined by Kevin McCallister and Richie Rich. Tune in to ABC Family to find out if they can turn things around in time to avoid that lump of coal in their stockings.
(7:00-7:30 PM ET/PT) WINNIE THE POOH AND THE BLUSTERY DAY – (*See Tuesday, December 7, for description.)
(7:30–9:30 AM ET/PT) RICHIE RICH’S CHRISTMAS WISH
America’s richest kid is back with more fantastic toys and incredible adventures. When Richie Rich’s nasty cousin Reggie Van Dough causes Richie’s sleigh full of orphans’ Christmas gifts to run down pedestrians, attack neighborhood homes and fly past the orphanage, Richie (David Gallagher) wishes he was never born. But he gets more than he bargained for when Professor Keanbean (Eugene Levy) invents a wishing machine that magically transports Richie to an alternate universe where Reggie rules with an iron fist, Richie’s personal valet Cadbury is a heavy-metal roadie, his robot-servant Irona is a fire-breathing cyborg and Richie’s loveable dog Dollar is forlorn. Through an action-packed chase and museum heist, Richie and his friends race against time to outwit Reggie and find the wishing machine so Richie can return to reality and save Christmas. (Live Action)
(9:30–11:30 AM ET/PT) A DENNIS THE MENACE CHRISTMAS
Comic mayhem ensues when one of the world’s most benevolently mischievous imps takes on a beloved holiday. Trouble follows Dennis Mitchell (Maxwell Perry Cotton) wherever he goes. Despite his good intentions, Dennis seems to always wreak havoc at the expense of his grumpy neighbor Mr. Wilson (Robert Wagner). With the gingerbread cookies baking and the eggnog brewing, everyone in the neighborhood is
gearing up for the Christmas season except, that is, Mr. Wilson. Convinced he can get Mr. Wilson in the holiday spirit, Dennis concocts a plan to give him the ultimate gift—the gift of Christmas Spirit. (Live Action)
(11:30 AM–2:00 PM ET/PT) HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK – (*See Tuesday, December 7, for description.)
(2:00–4:00 PM ET/PT) HOME ALONE 4
In the fourth film of the “Home Alone” series, Kevin McCallister (Mike Weinberg) has to save his family from more home invaders. This holiday season, Kevin decides to spend Christmas with his father Peter (Jason Beghe) and his new girlfriend Natalie (Joanna Going) in her multi-million dollar mansion. At the mansion, Kevin spots some uninvited visitors lurking around the premises. He becomes suspicious but Natalie and his father think his imagination is getting the best of him. Kevin sticks to his instincts and decides to prepare for the burglars with a creative set of booby traps. The stakes are raised even higher when Kevin discovers one of the burglars is Marv (French Stewart), a thief he apprehended years ago. In addition to getting his hands on the money hidden in the mansion, Marv is out for revenge. Kevin must use his resources and his wits if he wants to stop Marv and save Christmas! (Live Action)
(4:00–5:00 PM ET/PT) THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS – (*See Thursday, December 9, for description.)
(5:00–6:00 PM ET/PT) SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN – (*See Thursday, December 9, for description.)
(6:00–8:00 PM ET/PT) TOY STORY – (*See Saturday, December 18, for description)
(8:00–10:00 PM ET/PT) TOY STORY 2
DisneyPixar’s “Toy Story 2” picks up as Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggin (voice of Wayne Knight), owner of Al’s Toy Barn, kidnaps Woody (voice of Tom Hanks). At Al’s apartment, Woody discovers that he is a highly valued collectible from a 1950s TV show called “Woody’s Roundup,” and he meets the other prized toys from that show – Jessie the cowgirl (voice of Joan Cusack), Bullseye the horse and Stinky Pete the Prospector (voice of Kelsey Grammer). Back at the scene of the crime, Buzz Lightyear (voice of Tim Allen) and the gang from Andy’s room – Mr. Potato Head (voice of Don Rickles), Slinky Dog (voice of Jim Varney), Rex (voice of Wallace Shawn) and Hamm (voice of John Ratzenberger) – spring into action to rescue their pal from winding up as a museum piece. The toys get into one predicament after another in their daring race to get Woody home before Andy returns. (Animated)
(10:00 PM–12:00 Midnight ET/PT) TOY STORY 2 – Encore Presentation
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